Improvement in brushes



Lsind @hijita RICHARD` JAQUES COMES, OF BERGEN, NEW JERSEY.

Letters PatentNo. 108,108, dated October 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRUSHES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom. it may concern:

Bc it known that I, RICHARD JAQUns Cones, of Bergen, in the county' of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention consists in the attachment to brushes, for household use, of adjustable metal scrapers, so arranged that, when not required for use, they can be folded or closed against the brush, out ofthe way.

Figure l is a perspective view ot' a fiat boonder brush, for cleaning pots, pans, pails, &c., having a scraper attached to its back end, and adjusted in position for use.-

Figure 2, a perspective view of a round or cylindrical brush, for the saine purpose as the former, having a scraper attached lo the upper end of its handle.

Figure 3, a perspective view of a shoe-brush, ha-ving a hinged scraper' attached to one side.

Figures 4 and 5, sectional views of the hinged scraper when closed and when extended.

In constructing the brush shown in fig. l, I make the body A, or brush proper, in the usual form and manner, with its back end flat; aud to this flat end I attach a tint metal plate, a, of like size and shape therewith.

I then provide a flat metal scraper, B, 'of the saine size and form as plate a, and secure it against the lace ot' said plate by means of a thumb-screw, b, passed through both, near their lower edges. 'Ihe scraper can be turned ou the screw as a pivot, so that its edge will project below the face of the brush, as shown in iig. 1, or so that itfwill be ilush on all sides with the plate a, as shown in dotted lines in the saine figure, and it can be fastened in either position by .simply tightening up the screw which presses the scraper against the plate.

When adjusted as shown, the scraper can be readily and conveniently used bygrasping the -brush in the usual manner, but with the back end foremost, and it thus forms a very convenient and useful adjunct to the brush for scraping loose those particles of matters which adhere so firmly that the brush will not renieve them.

The brush shown in tig. 2 is of a cylindrical form,A

Ihe pivot, upon which the scrapers turn -and by which they are held fast, may either beset-screws, screwing into the brush, or they may be studs, fastcned in the brush, and provided on their outer' ends with a screw-thread and nut.'

In constructing the scraper shown in figs. 3, d, and 5, I provide a plate, E, having formed thereon two ears, g, with shoulders if, and between these ears pivot ascraper, B.

To the front of the plate, .and extending between the lugs under the scraper, I secure aiiat spring, l, having a head or shoulder, fm., as shown in figs. LI and 5.

lhe scraper B can be turned on its pivot so as to project outward from the plate, and when so turned, it is held by the shoulder m of the spring which engages under its inner end, and by the shoulders i ot' the lug, which bear against one side so` that it cannot fold down; but upon pressing back the spring until its shoulder is disengaged from the scraper, the latter is left free to turn down against th'e plate E,'a's shown ilrlig. 5.

The scraper thus constructed I attach to one"sidev of the shoe-brush, as shown in fig. 3, so that, when required for use, it can be extended, as shown, and that, when no longer needed, it can be folded down, so as notl to interfere with the use of the brush in polishing. v

lhe bristles of the shoe-brush, and of the other brushes, if desired, are placed or secured to the body with a downward inclination toward its front end, as shown in tig. 3, so that', when in use, all the dirt, dust, 85e., will be thrown away from, instead of toward, the user. rIhis arrangement I have found to be a very great improvement over the brushes as ordinarily made, in using which the garments are frequently soiled by dirt thrown upon them by the brush.

It is obvious that the form, position, and arrange` ment of the Scrapers may be varied to adapt them to different brushes, the main object being always to so arrange them as that'they maybe extended or closed at will, the forms shown iu t-he drawing being but modifications of the saine idea.

Claim'.

A brush having a scraper, B, pivoted thereto, as

herein shown and described, Vfor the purpose of being adjusted for use or turned out of the way, as set forth.

RICHARD J AQUES COMBS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH Anneloes, Jr., THOMAS Annmnen. 

